BOOK SUMMARY OF ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PRIMITIVE TRIBES IN INDIA
These two volumes make a comprehensive and analytic anthropological study of 63
major primitive tribes of India in an alphabetical order. Attention has been
paid to the significant aspects of the identity of the primitive tribes. These
are mainly statutory positions, surnames, ethnic identity, population, family
and clan, language and literacy, life cycle and related customs, dress,
ornaments, food habits , traditional occupations, religious beliefs, festivals,
social change and mobility. These volumes will be useful for bureaucrats,
planners, anthropologists, teachers and students in India and abroad.
About the Author
Dr. P.K. Mohanty, is a senior level